My AAdvantage love affair continues
More than a year ago I published "Why AAdvantage is my new favorite mileage program." It was not, and is still not, my favorite points program. That honor goes to transferable points programs: Amex...
Amex Membership Rewards Transfer Partners: Which are Best?
Amex Membership Rewards points are transferable to many airline and hotel partners. In this post, you'll find a complete list of Amex transfer partners as well as quick tips for best uses.
Best uses of...
My experience obtaining a China 24 hour Transit without Visa
Last Week, as part of the Million Mile Madness challenge, I flew to China twice without a visa. On the first visit, I simply transferred to another flight without leaving the airport. On the...
Best Cash Back Credit Card Offers
We're usually all about earning points and miles. The games we play involves acquiring points & miles so that we can then travel as close to free as possible.
That doesn't mean that you turn...
Mission Accomplished! (Greg’s Million Mile Madness trip journal)
Today I flew home on Japan Airlines (JAL) first class, and I accomplished my secret mission. No, it wasn't the flight itself, it was the whiskey. What does that mean? Read below for the...
Last Chance Deals: Several shopping portal bonuses, Southwest gift card discount, miles & points...
Welcome to our weekly list of what’s ending this week as well as a collection of some other deals that are due to end soon.
There are deals ending nearly every day this week. Ending soonest...
Hyatt’s breakfast-cutting experiment, personal Starlinks inflight, more SAS, and Japan’s connection to the AT...
This Saturday you can read about Hyatt's breakfast-cutting experiment at certain US properties, people trying to use their personal Starlinks for inflight wifi, Japan's own version of the Appalachian Trail (and their interesting connection...
Million Mile Madness Final Live Check-in: Sunday November 17 at 5pm ET
For our Million Mile Madness Challenge, Greg, Nick, and Stephen are all competing to complete the SAS EuroBonus Millionaire promo with the most style, affordability, and speed... all in a maximum of two weeks!...
Wyndham tanking its Caesars match, forgotten AA sweet spots and Million Mile Madness (Week...
Million Mile Madness is on like Donkey Kong with the fellas traipsing around the world for SAS million mile gold. They've been blurry-eyed, running madly around airports trying to catch their flights (there was...
American Airlines award chart sweet spots you might be ignoring
During our Million Mile Madness challenge, it probably isn't a surprise that Greg, Stephen, and I have all filled in some gaps in our travels by using our miles to buy award tickets. Given...
Best Credit Card Category Bonuses: Which card should you use?
A number of credit cards offer incredible category bonuses. For examples, the Chase Freedom Flex offers 5X in changing categories each quarter in addition to 3x at restaurants and drugstores. The American Express Gold...
Is Alaska Mileage Plan blocking close-in partner awards?
Update: Alaska now says that this block on close-in partner awards will be removed within a matter of "days."
Over the last couple of weeks, there have been numerous reports of Alaska Mileage Plan's online booking...
Million Mile Madness Live Check-in #2: Wednesday November 13 at 8pm ET
For our Million Mile Madness Challenge, Greg, Nick, and Stephen are all competing to complete the SAS EuroBonus Millionaire promo with the most style, affordability, and speed... all in the next two weeks! If...
US Bank Altitude Reserve no longer accepting new applications
It's a bad news Monday all around.
There have been rumors going around the interwebs for a couple of weeks that US Bank (USB) was going to be discontinuing one of our favorite personal credit...
